Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
Alison Maria Kraussis an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987. She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss and Union Station, and later released her first album with them as a group in 1989...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth23 July 1971
CityChampaign, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Whenever I've chosen a song because it's clever, it's always turned out to be a mistake.
Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing
When it's open and honest, that's when the real nature of who you are as a vocalist or as a performer, all of that stuff can finally start to become what it's supposed to be. Like a settling into yourself. It's not even a musical thing, it's a whole mindset, a whole acceptance of who you were supposed to be. Life sounds good
I love being in the world of the unknown.
I never had any big dreams about doing something on a huge scale.
I find the songs I want to record by listening to as much music as I can. 'When I hear things I really like, I ask the writers to send me a tape of everything they've ever written.
I don't know if bliss is possible and I've always thought that my best times will be later in life.
I don't get recognised in London or at home either - very seldom anyway. Either that or I look so crazy no one wants to come up to me.
Growing up I used to love bands like Free and ELO and the Rolling Stones. When Robert Plant got in touch it made perfect sense to me.
Being in the studio is a really romantic time.
A whole album to one writer - now that would be really interesting.
There's a restless feeling knocking on my door today...